Improved estimators for generalized linear models with dispersion covariates

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-104

  Botter, Denise A ^a   Cordeiro, Gauss M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Dispersion parameter; Generalized linear model; Link function; Maximum likelihood estimate; Precision parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032272820     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659808811926     Document Type: Article

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